At Oklahoma's Vance Air Force Base (AFB), a pilot-training unit has channeled its inner brony (fans, originally adult men, who follow the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic cartoon series) into a pony-inspired patch.

First Lieutenant Tom Barger told News on 6 that Vance's Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training program has proudly worn the patch since late April. It’s good clean fun, he says:

"During a slideshow presentation while previewing the different patch options, the student presenter threw the ‘My Little Pilot' patch design into the mix as an ironic joke," Barger said. "That patch made it all the way through the approval process and is even more ironic since the class never really wanted it in the first place."